105r".� �� �a„„�y.� ��...� u , ,��,G1�„ ,gym
un) k �fiyeat dli s 16"v!, e���o��$a�t ulu if if S �Cc�,...
l,s'+' Syfj,-ythl740 ,% "Uld ssaw,ILonue L'i'u
R' or Those
p ,VVVUC .>\'IICClllhl
Killed
�gp - p v he was ivnilieu']y known, c, ul
' cA, °9 �J p 5"k _ �^Cs �N 1 `�" Old Brown's sp,e,h upan being seutenccd Ingersoll to. seek both money ;1 c
:Y.k ,,,CCG �4 d6 �,ffi 81 c)1" '(?�plpg, tU= .� w to death was reported at great length. Brawn teen (colored) to loin dots ven lu '
_ sentiment that actuated rho- i His ; ) w was Lhe chief aLLIr in- th Har,nrs Fern 1° the south. Previous to the of
Ise wino conceived and assisted ur'`^ - Q'rk� 0 1 Y -
{,+�.'4`''�`" �' �i^''`-� 4�'k� affair 1011 Yl�'- ---` break of the Civil War, and afll^
the .;establishment of Memorial ns �r -;i W"r. 'Atib A00. the .construction of the Wesle}.11:
park: was that it should in every i 7°,ty'h '� ` e Ntnember ,,j, 183D 1 - ". church, the colored people used ii•
aspect be a. lasting, memorial to `b �' -`« There was panic in the ^a1i` < church for meetings pertaining to -
I:hose: who
made the supreme' sac- *-t° z="` " •' d+ w the obnoxious- slate trade. area following rumors of t
rifice in World Wan I;` whose ' �yu�[�r xe'"�� 'l f` gowiarns kl Another noted speaker was -
f t
butulenaotrtlressame tmc be ahould ver be e cum ' � n r Xr 4G, i>Y „ i f ed by coif i. Ble,stpanda shed `young lady by the name aC Ace
month^factor fertthe.'furtherence ' % 1� s Webster . who . spent many marl':
l y°- '°�+ tia > qr yGx s x mar Lyr S a Southern
of the spirit of' .Horsham for which 1 � '' s`"r '`v ` �Y + "" +'9 prison for the ci
they gave their lives. 1,"„• a "s%3t Y'5 `% '11 teaching slaves to m d
It was I d / °» asa.. a I>octw- e. e was echednlla
great that 5', '� r '' s''v.E4 x� _ �� ,� s R In spell on the cotton trade" boo
tools .'place m the Conversion of "?,pb$'Ja 'hry`y°""'riw sf"rri'°1'''"�„•• our some reason, or -other, he
water known as. Partlo's pond to vrp ''sx -°y ^` >,raw r �`:' �•...'
„t���ff 4
r 'jr, f failed to put in an appearance"
the beauty spot, that is now.Mem. -` �, ( > � ``. 1),.'trtyir i'""y"n w r ,`,p,• The choir contained really c olw
orial. park. - ed singers, e
The park was planned to become and one can ima g
a place of beauty. for pleasurable Negro banding together and ylio
recreation by children in keeping y �� "� =5 ^' '� ° m °':.\ % G• Negro spirtua]s which they h, 11
with their tendencits, for ielaxat ^ sc '' , s� probably learned 'back in planL.0
ion by. aired mother's and' ot>,ers r. '` 'a 1.�%g e a, _rk " 4 loft days' upon their mother s kn�
who .did not wish to participate'in 11 Although a colored church hid bo _
other activities. - 4`` "%' -^r ,1 , ¢ ' •-` � ` r fir `ri ed late in 18on the nojili
In the ceremonies that were. held , t y t ��^•°"r"`l` '*"°"• `f''"*'+M" '�,'aside of the river, it was too son ill
at that time and sground has been - ` r, k' ,h ",� G; :.ax'{gat r% a,",� ";=:Ito hold a large -crowd, In 1861,
stressed that the groundconstitut- "r"yk 'nn'4x - �%r�aaa a colored troupe composed of sin-
trig Memorial park should be gen. , x °' r _ a
orally regarded as consecrated; + ,y+,a'tt'I run s vy ors - from Oxford and Mhddlcsr'.
that anything to thecontraryis a v J ' '�,, i + Ii, '^,� x^'^ I`'� ''y counties sang in the church and �n
via)a lion oS the Solent spirit -. with ,dy $ -a ay - a�l#�^ old account states that a repr,
Iwhich the park was created,' and } a i:r - "['.x' S § performance occurred a week lam -...
las disrespectful as an act of vand-� „, ,w� �" s«a a% r because the church could not cn
alism in a cemetery: 'b - ,yr „ ti,^ ERA-r z�MU
lain the crowd. y4_r
An elaborate stone, or'a shaft of & -'SOME MINISTERS. -•
1 Yrk p<7n3 a granite with a suitable inscription > The funds to construct the chuuli /_ee Mob n:
might have been chosen in rorne _came- --
small`- central spot to serve- as a,i`%e-�°^% from every demm�waL
-', as x H s a� x h t ion-in.Ingerso➢. The chief collect... is
memorial to World War I heroes l gar �x ?`".,' was the .Rev. Bar_��r the residcl u
but the broader Spirit was antedi = pri •_ "`` a -„ �`s '° minister. ei� was followed by P
upon with rthe decision to create _ a .� a..; n Rev..George Kennedy (1856), ai � I
Mcrnorial pinky in which the ring then came tt�h—d everend Sose,ll. "rW' ycEo
ing voices or children at play might "4` „ „- "1 dR r Sheple_y'__in 1858.
be heard. as well as the. enthusia- +" is H' - 'w 3% e ,y For some reason or other, til� r,•,;,r, y,C:
1
1
stir shouts of other m times'of � s a�v, Wesleyans changed ministers es t - ----
contests and, merry making when ; °. a s y a I two years. At times a supply lun-
family reunions and other, major \ src4 �.a �€�•' ister would preach for a fl +'
events are held. This was. eonsid , a -'weeks, In 185E the hall was piLkU I
Bred the practical way to pay re - -
e the Rev Char_ les Ft lshnr 1 f
spedo although through died
fail - tt A'rnrh di*r � Preston, preset a--'-g men Ill cb,
r" ,. # x - / 4f' "ad been
a aid being to nl 'i tr Asa -.
memories of those who. [lied for �.: ` � had been an ex -Rabbi, limn a
I{rig and Country and the freedom - h "�I 5� `� � e
Whey loved. x �- -s
Recently there have been install-'„, .Quebec C,ityavnago uc,' he stnu • / i�
ces and occasions when :it has been 1VhSLEY.`3N ➢II - '" rz. warmed up to Ins. subject sat,
I' tt `y an old account!
inprinciple that made Memorial y. �'' r
�j n sMIODIST CHURCH ON OAh.OItO STICliLT I Tine church was planned to hav"
felt that the community as a whole '
g 5 fir,*�� �'a� , yd� �j
park a reality.
r? Houvever lly the
orderly- he t gLd ("' ` � '"'°" " "" i' " s* kt i n taesbanquet. hall and sewing room ! ,rN C✓ n clr 6.K,.e.
Y
t y% m �' 1 ,�, �, in the semi -basement. One desrrnd
enjoyment, that rt has provided Wte7 gtpa s' t� ""9'^^``�� y"^ gg��'f+ `��y }p, �"y'g i t,N�,'t,. ed a few steps off Oxford She t (1`"
E`, g'. hi ON,w '+o k1m THr-g, v 1mE,� � �,3'� €t,�1:(7„�, *6' Fes--, L�:; to make entrance. The thatch p r4n � "n . v',1 ,t Y A`b k
fact should not be forgotten that �.,��� �? ,1 --
hovering over the grounds is the I k4 r IR was above alas and one gained' F:
spirit of brave sons of the town ti ertr ante by ascending about a doz
and district who gave their lives e v � OWFI In f; ._ en treads.
for the ell of freedom, i,.,.',: . --5 as.',�d-- reel so7l's-iiisf�iewnla77; nn :On entering the church one
It should not be overlooked that The old Weslreyan Methodist chin ��" Ge cs 'y^, - yJ, tlwould walk under a gallery (it held' y
c inner was tine to Daly House, were built the I�
ch on Oxford street... one of Wle '100) and the pews were placed -AXl
only; the park itself, but every feat- firsCpublic building in, Ingersoll to same year, in 1834, but, on Feb -
ire . of it, every tree, and shrub old landmarks of Ingersoll. , is I be lit with electricity, Today, one ruary 1, 1856, the Town Ball went on each side of the church. At the
scar, a stairway led to 'the third 4 -art 1 F Fk sober
that has been planted as well as much to be 'dismantled. In e fact, can see the old massive insulators,'. up in 'flames., This deprived the r
every improvement made is a much to the chagrin of nesting and also traces Of. disused circuits. village of i.a suitable place for Starry. and this was the resident' ,
memorial, and as such should bcp sparrows, and annoyed pigeons, the. �of electric "wire which was of a hilding a meeting if a lar nuut- minister's private home. Above /<d .14- ,Z �Zn✓' �"
treated with sacred consideration. main stairway: leading to the ,.char .much lighter gauge Lhan that which her of seats were required. liow- this, was a half storey... an attic.., h. ru,! „-"y SL ...
where the church records were d Notable improvements were ma-� ch has. atlready. fallen under the in-. is in -use nowadays. } ever, as the Wesleyan church could stored, and hurt ion has it, that fORO!/Awgprv5-
de last. year by. the Parks Board iluertce of the wreckers. The old ITS LUIIISER ' seat as it became - almost the
with the fullness of spirit that was .edifice was- erected in August' in a pinch, it became a temporary o Die D %ivo✓, 24
laanifested when the park itself 11854, and throne its Its construction Is a living tribute' Town Hall until a new mm�iciP- haven for the slaves .who arrrv- - +
was created and co-operation in portals hav( 'to the contractors of a century building could be erected. r ` 6vur+J ra Ha r s St !'
P pa...d some of the most famous Y ago _ ��I' ed during the night.
Us vileges-ct by all it provides hwhether flor';sPeakers ministers; and lyceum S170 o gives' ine lione a ves wood hich ch ea most The phe resident t>�Methodist - kin ri.=`-
;lecturers, of the last century -, size of the
pleasure, relaxation ormeditation, v It gained fame as being a clear- :have existed when: Oxford county Conference, Cite R.ev. Enoch Wond, i -r• * ;,ji, py>, !!t/ 0'7 Lc-r z-tl�
should not have to be solicited. was a dense .forest. Pine boards 12 preached the main service on the ,(h/nsYuJJ 'u °r,r''o I _ Img-housc during the operation of to'14 inches in width.., some as (afternoon of Sept. 17,. 1854. In Lhe� ?t]�„+l� t'4 � ^��a ---- --- `-' escape' slaves, in: the mid-fittie5l much as 20 inches„are in evidence; morning, there had been a regular 1. c-•-•--H+-�---s---r� f Sao and many of hngersoll's more elder ,�,-J4.7>z 4crra y
v citizens, at the turn of the ecnl� and, in the attic, there' are long Sunday service. UP to that little'
1, .Y jury. could n rafters acid cross beams which are ---- give a vivid &scripire j Just. as —sound as they were in never in the -history of the villagean--------
tf the ]adios of the church giviY �1854: had there' ever gathcrcd such an
incur to the poor wretches wial Adam Oliver, South Oxford's first e°urinous crowd within four walls
had been smuggled through .Lhe�l member o le provincial parka- The evening service was a repeat 9r q.+!U✓'wb U7 m:o `
lave states even. as far. away. as�ment, in 1807, was the cattractoc and adherents of other faiths joined? L, ibe 4 ]9O1 °
Vnw -Orleans in the affair and offered congratui " [-
" g-Ebc� $$SOU abuts mated cost was to r f- a, The late J. T. Fitz erald,. mono ations. o-g„�NrrC �i. • v
i I.,f...,tbn"�q"� y purchasing mat-
1 o.,rre-of the eriai at cost, and 'donation of On the following day,,,a ban
+1;„r3, Sentinel -Review, made an extensive. much volwhteex' labor, Wnc •brick suet was held, and after the feast o• rcu..t-`i {�{I,tcr Sj' 1�'bV'µ tIvJ1RN}-Gt eay y"
study. of this old land -mark .and dedication service,: and a Bible a &�.u-^ v
from notes one"learns man �uikling cost less than 52z500!: Aud hymn :boa':, anda crimson Cush p �r fg ,Si /.•...
Y from where came the vo7unlcer i1interestin facts.
99 g labor?. Naturally, the ex -slaves t,o ion were presenl.ed to the church
Previous . to ' the erection of thei reciprocate their Wesleyan church. fire presentat ,--'p yr�b•v° l�>a' �' l'
thanks to the i S F .. _-.. f r. r°
building, the Wesleyans held set-- Wesleyans for their kindness, and tau was made by the Misses Harbin
l
G
\ res in the pltlr,Episco al etha- I and Hcarni.
✓' `i ti. 4 �.0-�, tolerance, shown to them upon tile,,.
j_a;. /Ca'flew --.--
1 t Church whiCYn' was srtua ed tr FAMOUS 6WEAKERS 1 f .p/drrr5 fj5
arrival 'in Ingersoll.
❑e 5r i-'I p o'n Charles street; west, and Every historian of Ingersoll has Probably,the most famous 'Peak-: b [,,,; /(` Yla r+sue ow r
1 latter g Years became as er adycrtisicd to address au and f /Grin
men
w
L-�l Xfp"s.E7:GC.t.: Method „shun -became very
hat the colored people fence in this old building was no! 'nr7/ a
y skilled in the build Ha I r In. lit the rear, of the cnn•clt wasi g other than the celebrated abolition t. s j pAw�o r.,,ft ep
a' •fn�'` Y iW'ode-espeuallybt'ick-IaYCrs;plast-- r< bw'h-
W. ' f m. carnmon burial ground for ad ist� John_Br � Ian ed in Virginia 13 r5 /� �• / .
In to Methodism, but in t801 [ions, and roofers: el allog, and car, Gn. �'n5/ 51�� -7rd h0d6i`�f''r '_ .Kr. 99 SY;�
^t ri• �y,.ywe/ %,y�wwep; r»•cn»a,„ n 15�r . for P -- 2
1C'i-'ging then' bodies were transferred to th Lurrn,r, the United States arsenal
n1MV,.(rNt'MyYM �yN he&;, in crsoll-Rtu'al Cem Uu y. f"°, �`Tyw,2�° Ovj % s ,it Halltet s 1'errv, Virginia. {